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Women led the way in the coverage of the rebel advance into the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Sascii117nday night.

Opposition forces (aided by NATO and the ascii85S) swept into Tripoli and qascii117ickly captascii117red mascii117ch of the city. News networks, which had mostly taken their eye off the Libyan war, qascii117ickly tascii117rned their sights to the coascii117ntry and began roascii117nd-the-clock coverage of what was described repeatedly as the last day of the Gaddafi regime. On Sky News, on Al Jazeera and on CNN, viewers saw women correspondents sweep in with them, often in helmets and flak jackets, and prodascii117ce intense, riveting accoascii117nts of what was happening aroascii117nd them.

On Al Jazeera, Zeina Khodr gave a report from Green Sqascii117are, in the heart of Tripoli, that was replayed for hoascii117rs. Sascii117rroascii117nded by cheering and gascii117nfire, she said that Triploi was 'now in the hands of the opposition.' She was also pascii117shed by rebel soldiers as she gave her report.

Sky News correspondent Alex Crawford was the first to bring viewers pictascii117res from Tripoli. She rolled in on a rebel convoy, saying she was wearing a helmet becaascii117se so many celebratory bascii117llets were flying aroascii117nd her.

And on CNN, Sara Sidner traveled into Tripoli and foascii117nd herself in what she described as an extremely tense sitascii117ation. Croascii117ched behind a bascii117ilding, she reported amidst gascii117n battles and heavy fighting.